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Serological evidence of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in and around Puducherry, south India—A three years study

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2018
Rickettsial diseases are important re-emerging infections that mostly go unnoticed or are misdiagnosed. Though few case reports of Indian tick typhus have been reported in Indian literature in the past 10 yr, prevalence surveys are few and far between.
Selvaraj Stephen, Stanley Ambroise, Dhandapany Gunasekaran, Mohammed Hanifah, Balakrishnan Sangeetha, Jothimani Pradeep, Kengamuthu Sarangapani   +6 more
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Clinical Characteristics and Diagnostic Prediction of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome and Rickettsiosis in the Co-Endemic Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

, 2023
Background and Objectives: The Wakayama prefecture is endemic for two types of tick-borne rickettsioses: Japanese spotted fever (JFS) and scrub typhus (ST). Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a tick-borne hemorrhagic viral disease with
Yusuke Yamashita, Nobuhiro Komiya, Yusaku Takagaki, Kikuaki Yoshida, Yusuke Koizumi, Yukari Inada, Masaya Morimoto, Toshiki Mushino, Kyohei Miyamoto, Shinobu Tamura, Yoshio Nakano, Daisuke Koreeda, Kan Teramoto   +12 more
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Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides spp. Fleas, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
In June 2000, suspected cases of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) occurred in Coronel Fabriciano Municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Pooled fleas collected near two fatal cases contained rickettsial DNA. The nucleotide sequence alignment of the 391-bp
Riva P. Oliveira, Márcio A.M. Galvão, Claudio L. Mafra, Chequer B. Chamone, Simone B. Calic, Sergio U. Silva, David H. Walker   +6 more
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[Emergence of tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Moscow].

Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii, 2011
Analysis of clinical cases of tick-borne spotted fever (TSF) group rickettsiosis in 2005 - 2010.General clinical, biochemical and serological parameters were determined in 10 tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsiosis patients who had visited various geographical regions of the World.TSF group rickettsiosis diagnostic criteria, optimal serological ...
M A, Saĭfullin, G N, Karetkina, O A, Safonova, S P, Popova, M V, Bazarova, N A, Malyshev, A I, Komarova, V A, Makarova, A N, Pantiukhina, I V, Tarasevich   +9 more
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A fatal case series of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Sonora, México

, 2018
Introduction: Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a highly lethal infectious disease, particularly if specific treatment with doxycycline is given belatedly.
Licona-Enríquez, Jesús David, Jesús David Licona-Enríquez, David Delgado-De la Mora, Álvarez-Hernández, Gerardo, Leyva-Gastélum, Marcia, Adela Rascón-Alcantar, Marcia Leyva-Gastélum, Jesús Delgado-De la Mora, Delgado-De la Mora, Jesús, Gerardo Álvarez-Hernández, Delgado-De la Mora, David, Rascón-Alcantar, Adela   +11 more
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Seroprevalence of spotted fever group and typhus group rickettsiae in individuals with acute febrile illness from Gorakhpur, India

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background: The aim of this study was to estimate the seroprevalence of spotted fever group (SFG) and typhus group (TG) rickettsiae among individuals with acute febrile illness (AFI) in the scrub typhus endemic district of Gorakhpur in India.
Arati Mane, Suchit Kamble, Manish Kumar Singh, Manisha Ratnaparakhi, Amit Nirmalkar, Raman Gangakhedkar   +5 more
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Brazilian Spotted Fever: A Case Series From An Endemic Area In Southeastern Brazil. Epidemiological Aspects

, 2015
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is the most important tick-borne disease in Brazil and is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii and transmitted by the Ixodid tick Amblyomma cajennense, its main vector.
Stucchi R.S.B., Angerami R.N., Nascimento E.M., Feltrin A.F.C., Resende M.R., Silva L.J., Katz G.   +6 more
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The European problem of spotted fever group rickettsiae, transmitted by ticks: biology, ecology, detection

, 2007
The genus Rickettsia is composed of obligatory intracellular gram−negative bacteria associated with arthropods: ticks, mites and insects. The genus was found to comprise the sub−groupings: the spotted fever group (SFG) and the typhus group (TG).
Rymaszewska, A.
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Confirmación de casos de rickettsiosis del grupo de las fiebres manchadas y del grupo del tifo mediante una vigilancia centinela de tres meses en el hospital para síndrome febril agudo indiferenciado en el municipio de Santander de Quilichao, Cauca, Colombia

Infectio
Introduction: Spotted fever group (SFG) and typhus group (TG) rickettsioses are important causes of acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI). Its diagnosis is not routinely performed; thus, surveillance studies that attempt to identify active cases ...
Carlos Ramiro Silva-Ramos
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Presence of Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis, the causative agent of Israeli spotted fever, in Sicily, Italy, ascertained in a retrospective study

, 2005
A retrospective analysis by molecular-sequence-based techniques was performed to correctly identify the etiological agent of 24 Mediterranean spotted fever cases occurring in Western Sicily, Italy, from 1987 to 2001.
GIAMMANCO, Giovanni, MANSUETO, Serafino, VITALE, G, CAPRA, Giuseppina, CALECA, Maria Pia, AMMATUNA, Pietro   +5 more
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